Head Coach Years Overall Record Record vs Varsity teams
Bill Spencer 1994-1996 22-29-6 19-29-6
Nick Schmitt 1997-2008 126-144-16 125-143-16

Head Coach – Nick Schmitt


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(That’s Jacob Plocher on the left, Coach Nick Schmitt in the middle, and Devin Schmitt – the Ball Boy on the right.)

Nick Schmitt enters his 13th year as Head Soccer Coach at WPHS, after spending one season as Assistant Boys Soccer Coach. Along with his coaching duties, Schmitt also teaches American History, Psychology, and Sociology at WPHS.

High School: Winfield High School, Winfield, MO – Class of 1991
Undergraduate Degree: BSed in History from Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) in Springfield, MO – May 1996
Graduate Degree: Med in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO – December 2003

Missouri DESE Career CPC Teaching Certificate
– Physical Education K-12
– Social Studies 7-12
MYSA ‘F’ License – August 1999
MYSA ‘E’ License – March 2000
National Center for Sports Safety – P.R.E.P.A.R.E Course – Level 1 Patch – February, 2007
Football Association of England – FA Learning Coaching Certificates
- Online Soccer Camp Coaches – February 2007
- Online Psychology for Soccer Level 1 – February 2007
- Online Player and Match Analysis – February 2007
- Online Planning, Preparing and Evaluating Coaching Sessions – February 2007
- Online Fitness in Football Level 1 – March 2007
- Online Coaching Children – March 2007
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)
- Member
Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Association (MSHSSCA)
- Member
- Regional Representative

Boys Soccer District Coach of the Year – 1998, 2000
Boys Soccer Region Coach of the Year – 2006
Boys State Co-Coach of the Year – 2006
NSCAA Missouri Boys Division II Coach of the Year – 2006
Southwest Senior All-Star Game Coach – June 2006, June 2007

JV Coach Years Overall Record
Rex Montgomery 1994-1995 9-8-10
Nick Schmitt 1996 4-3-1
Rusty Winfield 1997 4-3-1
Karol Brown 1998-2000 7-30-4
Ryan White 2001-2003 9-30-2
Karol Brown 2004-2005 6-16-4
Jacob Plocher 2006 4-9-0
Karol Brown 2007-2008 0-30-0

Assistant Coach – Karol Brown

Karol Brown is in her 3rd Stint as WPHS Assistant Boys Soccer Coach and her 14th year as Assistant Girls Soccer Coach. In addition to coaching soccer, Brown teaches Girl’s Physical Education and Adaptive Physical Education at WPHS.